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Auction: 15041 - The "Sentosa" Collection of Straits Settlements, Malayan States, Labuan, North Borneo and Sarawak sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 260

Straits Settlements
1892-94 Surcharges
Issued Stamps
"three cents" on 32c. carmine-rose, an interpanneau L-shaped strip of three, the upper stamp with surcharge omitted, fresh and fine mint. Unique in this format and one of the major rarities of Straits Settlements philately. S.G. Cat. £42,000. Photo

Note: When Whitfield King Ltd. obtained the double pane with the upper pane without surcharge they attempted to make six interpanneau pairs but this block shows why only five can now exist. All the known pairs are creased in the interpanneau margin

provenance:
Dr. F.E. Wood, December 1964
Charles Taylor, May 1981
George Asch, November 1991
David Springbett, March 1994

Estimate
SG$40,000 to SG$50,000